Johann: Atma thinks it's always the first sunday in June with is used to remind people at large to reflect on the goodness of ones father(s) and to use the day for honor and veneration. May all take this opputunity well and if still alive, of which is not for sure, still possible to personal approach, such is a blessing and not good if not used. Mudita

Johann: [continue] ...kāma-guṇa (sensual giving) , death, alive, increasing the cemeteries in the world. This is why just giving toward the virtuous, those with metta, bears fruits beyond the common, as it's not for further kāma-guṇa that they would use it for, but as base for lessons, for purificatio

Johann: If one would know or remembering the suffering behind pleasing form, sound, smell, taste, touch, one certain would no more desire after it. But because lof lack of remembering and proper attention, beings go after it, take birth, age, get sick, seperated, die, again and again, keeping the flame of k

Johann: If ones sacrifices, generosity, isn't protected by a good closed tank, less fruits can be expected. And what is the tank made of? Saddha, Pasada, metta, Sila, intention for own and others independency.

Johann: Nothing more a blessing as to do not cling to a specific Nikaya, since one can easy take the opportunity of doing theUposatha often two days a new. May all always make the best of given possibilities.

Depabhasadhamma: I am in need of assistance. I am writing a paper about the Three Marks of Existence. I understand the three marks, however, I am befuddled by the meaning and use of the word "existence." Is this English word the translation of the Pali word thiti? Does the word "existence" imply life, living, consci

Johann: Temporary ordination is pretty normal, 3 days, a month, a Vassa... and not to forget that the Buddha promised union with the Asparas, which are beyond being compareable to others...

2020 May 09 19:25:54

Moritz: No no, I really prefer to be a householder, even though not having a house at the moment. I am not much inclined towards nekkhamma... ... even though already doing some nekkhamma now, but not hoping to do so for the long term....

was another time asked, and even if those not related can not be helped, to give those with eyes more firm confidence, answered:

How could Mara ever be part of the Sangha. Mara is always that which opposes the Buddha, the Dhamma and Sangha. Good to think to who one is actually related and serves. Those oppose the elders and wise?

Not so smart seek for friends and enemies outside first, are incapable to trace their intentions and related effects, wouldn't like to get in touch with mirrors, would be able to trace Mara within their heart and actually fight themselves, not knowing the way in. So here you are, right in the host of Mara, working for him, cheating your self, a mind of Devadatta. Envy, aversive, greedy, upvoting gains of your stand, down-voting mirrors, capable to kill even your mother, father, Arahats, harming the Juwels and splitt holly apart. Total caught by Mara, not a little right view left for release.

What one is after, there one arrives": so wise to think about oneself (althought telling fools 1000 times would not protect them)

What one feeds, feeded, one gains, so smart to always look for oneself whether greed, aversion or delusion gives one excuses to take part on Maras feeds...

It's not possible to help them strongly related to Mara, those attached to gain and stand.

And it should be not an issue if those rejoicing on gains in the world attain of what they desire. They do their best according to their "wisdom".

So good to rejoice with them, appreciate that they wouldn't have such success if not certain related merits in the world had been done in the past.

Anger and envy just feed off you own possibilities and would anyhow not lighten your debts to be bond to the fools giving into Mara. The place where you can move on to Upekkha: "Beings are heirs of their kamma." & " Beings gather together, again and again, on an element, on similar tendencies and preferances of food:

So why not joining the merits as one not willing to leave home and stand wouldn't meet those having anyway?

One gains what one feeds, stays with what nurishing on, and neither holder not pig are to be claimed to be the bad part, as things are matters of will, choices.

You may find your wished interpretation on https://suttacentral.net , given to use for trade and exchange. "Come! it's easy, free, we did the work for you... we had stolen, steal, for you... and help you to become free (another ophan)."

Called the debaucher, temper, he takes any change to lead people by there delusion, greed and anger, to destroy their families, destroy traditions, unity and to use Dhamma in corrupt ways for the sake of conflicts, unease, and to splitt the Sangha, splitt off those who follow the elders, for his gain, himself caught and full of defilements.

(Why aren't relations never really a surprise for those with eyes...? As if Mara would be that hard to trace, hard to trace those strong related.)

Since ever, Devadatta and his kind used to dispraise those with Sila, used to disregard righteous leaders, perform hell-leading deeds and undertakings and misuse the lowest people toward revolution, toward harming their parents, kings, brahmans and Samanas.

So is it, that once having become part of this host, those being hardly ever will find ways out of the courses of suffering, hardly ever recognice their faults, asks for pardon and renounce.

Hardly ever they could return to the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha and find refuge that leads upwardly and out of suffering.

Yet still it would be possible, at least to find the path in a later existence.